pabaseball.blogspot.com - 1/7/2009
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First there was the news of WSBGM's favorite Pat "the Bat" Burrell signing a 2 year $16M deal with the Tampa Bay Rays. As if that wasn't enough of a gut-punch, right on its heels was the announcement that JC Romero will be receiving a 50 game suspension to begin 2009...that's a boot to the ...
bizofbaseball.com - 1/14/2009
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bizofbaseball.com —
As sports, politics, and zero-tolerance drug policies intersect,
athletes are dealing with a culture shift in how
they approach physical conditioning. After J.C. Romero's suspension, players are questioning which supplements they take. Here's an interview with the GM of the company that tests MLB...
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Interview - Edward Wyszumiala, NSF Int'l on Supplement ...
bizofbaseball.com - 1/12/2009
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bizofbaseball.com —
J.C. Romero, pictured here, and Sergio Mitre were
both suspended 50 games for testing positive for a
banned substance by not using a league certified nutritional supplement (David Zalubowski/AP) Two Major League pitchers have been suspended ...
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The MLBPA Let Romero and Mitre Down
raysindex.com - 1/7/2009
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raysindex.com —
The Tampa Bay Rays won't say it...Major League
Baseball won't say it...the mainstream media won't say it...So
we will. The Philadelphia Phillies cheated their way to the World Series title, and Major League Baseball let them. JC Romero of the ...
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[Phrauds] 2008 World Series Champs: Philadelphia Phillies*
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With Friends Like Ruben…
The Shibe Times - A Phillies Blog —
... too. Real nice, guys.
Bill Conlin wrote a snarky piece today about how JC needed to learn from the real cheaters on how to get away with this.
Bill Price from the New York Daily News calls the Phillies World Series win into question. To which I offer this retort. Lenny Dykstra. 1986 World Series. Let’s just throw out ever World Series win in the 90s, too, then. Can we move on from this ridiculous angle? Thanks.
Carson from We Should Be GMs is sick over it. Me too.
Will Carroll at Baseball Prospectus must be ...
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blogs.usatoday.com 1/8/2009 — Major League Baseball was willing to cut its standard time for a drug suspension in half in order to keep a drug-tainted player out of the World Series. That's the essence of a Philadelphia Inquirer report that says MLB offered...
Romero’s Supplement Caused FALSE Positive
myteamrivals.typepad.com 1/15/2009 — According to the Philadelphia Inquirer this morning, Provient, the company that makes the supplement JC Romero was taking, revealed that their product contains NO illegal or banned substances. It does have an ingredient that may cause a FALSE positive result though. ...
J.C. Romero Suspended For 50 Games
totalprosports.com 1/6/2009 — Total Pro Sports - J.C. Romero today was booked for a banned nutritional supplement's and suspended 50 games by Major League Baseball . The 33 year old relief pitcher said he bought the nutritional supplement from a GNC store in Cherry Hill, New Jersey. Supposedly the MLB Players Association ...
Romero suspension 'unfortunate' | CourierPostOnline.com | Courier
courierpostonline.com 1/7/2009 — PHILADELPHIA A few minutes after the 50-game suspension had been handed down from Major League Baseball to one of his finest relief pitchers, Phillies general manager Ruben Amaro Jr. spoke slowly, measuring his words. "A mistake was made," he said ...
Romero says he was victimized | Philadelphia Daily News | 01/07/2009
philly.com 1/7/2009 — THERE SEEMS TO be one observation on which everyone can agree: J.C. Romero is not the type of culprit who Major League Baseball hoped to ensnare in its new drug policy. Nobody has accused him of knowingly using a performance-enhancing drug. Nobody ...
Phillies Cruise – Going Home
myteamrivals.typepad.com 1/11/2009 — *Sigh!* Sad to report that we are all on our way home….some quicker than others. I will be sitting on the floor of this airport for many, many hours before heading back to Philly. So, while I am here I thought I would give you all an update on the last few days of the ...
Phillies Cruise On-Board Update
myteamrivals.typepad.com 1/11/2009 — Hey everyone! I am on board the ms Westerdam with Shane Victorino, JC Romero, Larry Andersen, Greg Luzinski, Scott Palmer and the Phanatic!. We are currently docked in the Bahamas :O) It’s only Day 2 and a LOT has happened so far! Here we go:
Phillies' J.C. Romero is suspended for 50 games —
Examiner Sports 1/6/2009
Phillies reliever J.C. Romero and Yankees minor league pitcher Sergio Mitre were suspended for the first 50 games of next season after testing positive for a banned substance. The suspensions were announced Tuesday by Major League Baseball.
JC Romero Is Not a Victim —
Bleacher Report - MLB 1/7/2009
Perhaps JC Romero isn't a cheater. The definition of cheating, pertaining to sports and other games, is simply this:
"To violate rules deliberately"
By that definition, it's not cheating, because he didn't know he was putting a banned substance ...
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